Portable Multifunction Device, Method, and Graphical User Interface for Configuring and Displaying Widgets

ABSTRACT

A portable multifunction device displays a first widget on a touch screen and detects a first gesture on a settings icon on the first widget. In response to the first gesture, the device displays user-adjustable settings for a plurality of widgets, including settings for the first widget. The device detects one or more additional gestures to change one or more settings for one or more widgets in the plurality of widgets. In response to the additional gestures, the device changes one or more settings for other widgets, including changing one or more settings for a respective widget other than the first widget. Upon detecting a widget selection gesture and a finishing gesture on the touch screen, the device displays a second widget in the plurality of widgets other than the first widget.

RELATED APPLICATIONS

This application claims priority to U.S. Provisional Patent ApplicationNos. 60/937,993, “Portable Multifunction Device,” filed Jun. 29, 2007;60/946,975, “Portable Multifunction Device, Method, and Graphical UserInterface for Configuring and Displaying Widgets, filed Jun. 28, 2007;60/879,469, “Portable Multifunction Device,” filed Jan. 8, 2007;60/879,253, “Portable Multifunction Device,” filed Jan. 7, 2007; and60/824,769, “Portable Multifunction Device,” filed Sep. 6, 2006. All ofthese applications are incorporated by referenced herein in theirentirety.

This application is related to the following applications: (1) U.S.patent application Ser. No. 10/188,182, “Touch Pad For Handheld Device,”filed Jul. 1, 2002; (2) U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/722,948,“Touch Pad For Handheld Device,” filed Nov. 25, 2003; (3) U.S. patentapplication Ser. No. 10/643,256, “Movable Touch Pad With AddedFunctionality,” filed Aug. 18, 2003; (4) U.S. patent application Ser.No. 10/654,108, “Ambidextrous Mouse,” filed Sep. 2, 2003; (5) U.S.patent application Ser. No. 10/840,862, “Multipoint Touchscreen,” filedMay 6, 2004; (6) U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/903,964, “GesturesFor Touch Sensitive Input Devices,” filed Jul. 30, 2004; (7) U.S. patentapplication Ser. No. 11/038,590, “Mode-Based Graphical User InterfacesFor Touch Sensitive Input Devices” filed Jan. 18, 2005; (8) U.S. patentapplication Ser. No. 11/057,050, “Display Actuator,” filed Feb. 11,2005; (9) U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 60/658,777,“Multi-Functional Hand-Held Device,” filed Mar. 4, 2005; and (10) U.S.patent application Ser. No. 11/367,749, “Multi-Functional Hand-HeldDevice,” filed Mar. 3, 2006. All of these applications are incorporatedby reference herein.

TECHNICAL FIELD

The disclosed embodiments relate generally to portable electronicdevices, and more particularly, to portable devices that includemultiple widgets.

BACKGROUND

As portable electronic devices become more compact, and the number offunctions performed by a given device increase, it has become asignificant challenge to design a user interface that allows users toeasily interact with a multifunction device. This challenge isparticular significant for handheld portable devices, which have muchsmaller screens than desktop or laptop computers. This situation isunfortunate because the user interface is the gateway through whichusers receive not only content but also responses to user actions orbehaviors, including user attempts to access a device's features, tools,and functions. Some portable communication devices (e.g., mobiletelephones, sometimes called mobile phones, cell phones, cellulartelephones, and the like) have resorted to adding more pushbuttons,increasing the density of push buttons, overloading the functions ofpushbuttons, or using complex menu systems to allow a user to access,store and manipulate data. These conventional user interfaces oftenresult in complicated key sequences and menu hierarchies that must bememorized by the user.

Many conventional user interfaces, such as those that include physicalpushbuttons, are also inflexible. This may prevent a user interface frombeing configured and/or adapted by either an application running on theportable device or by users. When coupled with the time consumingrequirement to memorize multiple key sequences and menu hierarchies, andthe difficulty in activating a desired pushbutton, such inflexibility isfrustrating to most users.

As used herein, widgets (or widget modules) are mini-applications thatmay be downloaded and used by a user or created by the user. In someembodiments, a widget includes an HTML (Hypertext Markup Language) file,a CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) file, and a JavaScript file. In someembodiments, a widget includes an XML (Extensible Markup Language) fileand a JavaScript file (e.g., Yahoo! Widgets). In some embodiments, awidget is a mini-application written in a compiled language (e.g., C,C++, or Objective-C). At present, each widget typically includes its ownconfiguration mode and screen. As more widgets are added to a device,the processes for configuring and displaying widgets become morecumbersome.

Accordingly, there is a need for portable multifunction devices withmore efficient user interfaces for configuring and displaying widgets.Such interfaces increase the effectiveness, efficiency and usersatisfaction with widgets on portable multifunction devices.

SUMMARY

The above deficiencies and other problems associated with userinterfaces for portable devices are reduced or eliminated by thedisclosed portable multifunction device. In some embodiments, the devicehas a touch-sensitive display (also known as a “touch screen”) with agraphical user interface (GUI), one or more processors, memory and oneor more modules, programs or sets of instructions stored in the memoryfor performing multiple functions. In some embodiments, the userinteracts with the GUI primarily through finger contacts and gestures onthe touch-sensitive display. In some embodiments, the functions mayinclude telephoning, video conferencing, e-mailing, instant messaging,blogging, digital photographing, digital videoing, web browsing, digitalmusic playing, and/or digital video playing. Instructions for performingthese functions may be included in a computer readable storage medium orother computer program product configured for execution by one or moreprocessors.

One aspect of the invention involves a computer-implemented methodperformed by a portable multifunction device with a touch screendisplay. The device displays a first widget on the touch screen displayand detects a first gesture on the touch screen display on a settingsicon on the first widget. In response to the first gesture, the devicedisplays settings that are adjustable by a user for a plurality ofwidgets, including settings for the first widget. The device detects oneor more additional gestures to change one or more settings for one ormore widgets in the plurality of widgets. In response to the one or moreadditional gestures, the device changes one or more settings for one ormore widgets in the plurality of widgets, including changing one or moresettings for a respective widget in the plurality of widgets other thanthe first widget. The device detects a widget selection gesture and afinishing gesture on the touch screen display. In response to the widgetselection gesture and the finishing gesture, the device displays asecond widget in the plurality of widgets other than the first widget.

Another aspect of the invention involves a graphical user interface on atouch screen display of a portable multifunction device. The graphicaluser interface includes a plurality of widgets and settings for theplurality of widgets. At most one widget is shown on the touch screendisplay at one time. In response to a first gesture on a settings iconon a first widget in the plurality of widgets, settings that areadjustable by a user for the plurality of widgets are displayed,including settings for the first widget. In response to one or moreadditional gestures, one or more settings for one or more widgets in theplurality of widgets, including one or more settings for a respectivewidget in the plurality of widgets other than the first widget, arechanged. In response to a widget selection gesture and a finishinggesture, the changed settings are saved and a second widget in theplurality of widgets other than the first widget is displayed.

Another aspect of the invention involves a portable multifunction devicethat has a touch screen display, one or more processors, memory, and oneor more programs that are stored in the memory and configured to beexecuted by the one or more processors. In some embodiments, theprograms include: instructions for displaying a first widget on thetouch screen display; instructions for detecting a first gesture on thetouch screen on a settings icon on the first widget; instructions fordisplaying, in response to the first gesture, settings that areadjustable by a user for a plurality of widgets, including settings forthe first widget; instructions for detecting one or more additionalgestures to change one or more settings for one or more widgets in theplurality of widgets; instructions for changing, in response to the oneor more additional gestures, one or more settings for one or morewidgets in the plurality of widgets, including instructions for changingone or more settings for a respective widget in the plurality of widgetsother than the first widget; instructions for detecting a widgetselection gesture and a finishing gesture on the touch screen display,and instructions for displaying, in response to the widget selectiongesture and the finishing gesture, a second widget in the plurality ofwidgets other than the first widget.

Another aspect of the invention involves a computer-program product thatincludes a computer readable storage medium and a computer programmechanism (e.g., one or more computer programs) embedded therein. Thecomputer program mechanism includes instructions, which when executed bya portable multifunction device with a touch screen display, cause thedevice to: display a first widget on the touch screen display; detect afirst gesture on the touch screen on a settings icon on the firstwidget; display, in response to the first gesture, settings that areadjustable by a user for a plurality of widgets, including settings forthe first widget; detect one or more additional gestures to change oneor more settings for one or more widgets in the plurality of widgets;change, in response to the one or more additional gestures, one or moresettings for one or more widgets in the plurality of widgets, includingchanging one or more settings for a respective widget in the pluralityof widgets other than the first widget; detect a widget selectiongesture and a finishing gesture on the touch screen display, anddisplay, in response to the widget selection gesture and the finishinggesture, a second widget in the plurality of widgets other than thefirst widget.

Another aspect of the invention involves a portable multifunction devicewith a touch screen display. The device includes: means for displaying afirst widget on the touch screen display; means for detecting a firstgesture on the touch screen on a settings icon on the first widget;means for displaying, in response to the first gesture, settings thatare adjustable by a user for a plurality of widgets, including settingsfor the first widget; means for detecting one or more additionalgestures to change one or more settings for one or more widgets in theplurality of widgets; means for changing, in response to the one or moreadditional gestures, one or more settings for one or more widgets in theplurality of widgets, including means for changing one or more settingsfor a respective widget in the plurality of widgets other than the firstwidget; means for detecting a widget selection gesture and a finishinggesture on the touch screen display, and means for displaying, inresponse to the widget selection gesture and the finishing gesture, asecond widget in the plurality of widgets other than the first widget.

Another aspect of the invention involves a computer-implemented methodperformed by a portable multifunction device with a touch screendisplay. The device displays a widget on the touch screen display. Thedisplayed widget is one of a sequence of widgets that share a commonconfiguration interface. The device displays one or more widget sequenceindicia icons. The widget sequence indicia icons provide informationabout the number of widgets in the sequence of widgets and a position ofthe displayed widget in the sequence of widgets. The device detects afinger gesture on the touch screen display. In response to the fingergesture, the device replaces the displayed widget with an adjacentwidget in the sequence of widgets and updates the information providedby the widget sequence indicia icons to reflect the replacement of thedisplayed widget by the adjacent widget in the sequence of widgets.

Another aspect of the invention involves a computer-implemented methodperformed by a portable multifunction device with a touch screendisplay. The device displays a widget on the touch screen display. Thedisplayed widget is one of a set of widgets that share a commonconfiguration interface. The device displays one or more widget setindicia icons. The widget set indicia icons provide information aboutthe number of widgets in the set of widgets and a position of thedisplayed widget in the set of widgets. The device detects a fingergesture on the touch screen display. In response to the finger gesture,the device replaces the displayed widget with another widget in the setof widgets and updates the information provided by the widget setindicia icons to reflect the replacement of the displayed widget byanother widget in the set of widgets.

Another aspect of the invention involves a graphical user interface on atouch screen display of a portable communications device. The graphicaluser interface includes a set of widgets that share a commonconfiguration interface and one or more widget set indicia icons. Atmost one widget in the set of widgets is shown on the touch screendisplay at any one time. The widget set indicia icons provideinformation about the number of widgets in the set of widgets and aposition of the displayed widget in the set of widgets. In response todetecting a finger gesture on the touch screen display, a displayedwidget is replaced with another widget in the set of widgets and theinformation provided by the widget set indicia icons is updated toreflect the replacement of the displayed widget by another widget in theset of widgets.

Another aspect of the invention involves a portable multifunction devicethat includes a touch screen display, one or more processors, memory,and one or more programs that are stored in the memory and configured tobe executed by the processors. The one or more programs include:instructions for displaying a widget on the touch screen display,wherein the displayed widget is one of a set of widgets that share acommon configuration interface; instructions for displaying one or morewidget set indicia icons, wherein the widget set indicia icons provideinformation about the number of widgets in the set of widgets and aposition of the displayed widget in the set of widgets; instructions fordetecting a finger gesture on the touch screen display; instructions forreplacing, in response to the finger gesture, the displayed widget withanother widget in the set of widgets; and instructions for updating, inresponse to the finger gesture, the information provided by the widgetset indicia icons to reflect the replacement of the displayed widget byanother widget in the set of widgets.

Another aspect of the invention involves a computer-program product thatincludes a computer readable storage medium and a computer programmechanism (e.g., one or more computer programs) embedded therein. Thecomputer program mechanism includes instructions, which when executed bya portable multifunction device with a touch screen display, cause thedevice to: display a widget on the touch screen display, wherein thedisplayed widget is one of a set of widgets that share a commonconfiguration interface; display one or more widget set indicia icons,wherein the widget set indicia icons provide information about thenumber of widgets in the set of widgets and a position of the displayedwidget in the set of widgets; detect a finger gesture on the touchscreen display; replace, in response to the finger gesture, thedisplayed widget with another widget in the set of widgets; and update,in response to the finger gesture, the information provided by thewidget set indicia icons to reflect the replacement of the displayedwidget by another widget in the set of widgets.

Another aspect of the invention involves a portable multifunction devicewith a touch screen display. The device includes: means for displaying awidget on the touch screen display, wherein the displayed widget is oneof a set of widgets that share a common configuration interface; meansfor displaying one or more widget set indicia icons, wherein the widgetset indicia icons provide information about the number of widgets in theset of widgets and a position of the displayed widget in the set ofwidgets; means for detecting a finger gesture on the touch screendisplay; means for replacing, in response to the finger gesture, thedisplayed widget with another widget in the set of widgets; and meansfor updating, in response to the finger gesture, the informationprovided by the widget set indicia icons to reflect the replacement ofthe displayed widget by another widget in the set of widgets.

Thus, portable multifunction devices with more efficient user interfacesfor configuring and displaying widgets are provided.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

For a better understanding of the aforementioned embodiments of theinvention as well as additional embodiments thereof, reference should bemade to the Description of Embodiments below, in conjunction with thefollowing drawings in which like reference numerals refer tocorresponding parts throughout the figures.

FIGS. 1A and 1B are block diagrams illustrating portable multifunctiondevices with touch-sensitive displays in accordance with someembodiments.

FIG. 2 illustrates a portable multifunction device having a touch screenin accordance with some embodiments.

FIG. 3 illustrates an exemplary user interface for unlocking a portableelectronic device in accordance with some embodiments.

FIGS. 4A and 4B illustrate exemplary user interfaces for a menu ofapplications on a portable multifunction device in accordance with someembodiments.

FIGS. 5A-5E illustrate an exemplary user interface for displaying andmanaging weather widgets in accordance with some embodiments.

FIG. 6 is a flow diagram illustrating a process for displaying widgetsin accordance with some embodiments.

FIG. 7 is a flow diagram illustrating a process for configuring anddisplaying widgets in accordance with some embodiments.

DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS

Reference will now be made in detail to embodiments, examples of whichare illustrated in the accompanying drawings. In the following detaileddescription, numerous specific details are set forth in order to providea thorough understanding of the present invention. However, it will beapparent to one of ordinary skill in the art that the present inventionmay be practiced without these specific details. In other instances,well-known methods, procedures, components, circuits, and networks havenot been described in detail so as not to unnecessarily obscure aspectsof the embodiments.

It will also be understood that, although the terms first, second, etc.may be used herein to describe various elements, these elements shouldnot be limited by these terms. These terms are only used to distinguishone element from another. For example, a first gesture could be termed asecond gesture, and, similarly, a second gesture could be termed a firstgesture, without departing from the scope of the present invention.

The terminology used in the description of the invention herein is forthe purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is notintended to be limiting of the invention. As used in the description ofthe invention and the appended claims, the singular forms “a”, “an” and“the” are intended to include the plural forms as well, unless thecontext clearly indicates otherwise. It will also be understood that theterm “and/or” as used herein refers to and encompasses any and allpossible combinations of one or more of the associated listed items. Itwill be further understood that the terms “comprises” and/or“comprising,” when used in this specification, specify the presence ofstated features, integers, steps, operations, elements, and/orcomponents, but do not preclude the presence or addition of one or moreother features, integers, steps, operations, elements, components,and/or groups thereof.

Embodiments of a portable multifunction device, user interfaces for suchdevices, and associated processes for using such devices are described.In some embodiments, the device is a portable communications device suchas a mobile telephone that also contains other functions, such as PDAand/or music player functions.

The user interface may include a physical click wheel in addition to atouch screen or a virtual click wheel displayed on the touch screen. Aclick wheel is a user-interface device that may provide navigationcommands based on an angular displacement of the wheel or a point ofcontact with the wheel by a user of the device. A click wheel may alsobe used to provide a user command corresponding to selection of one ormore items, for example, when the user of the device presses down on atleast a portion of the wheel or the center of the wheel. Alternatively,breaking contact with a click wheel image on a touch screen surface mayindicate a user command corresponding to selection. For simplicity, inthe discussion that follows, a portable multifunction device thatincludes a touch screen is used as an exemplary embodiment. It should beunderstood, however, that some of the user interfaces and associatedprocesses may be applied to other devices, such as personal computersand laptop computers, which may include one or more other physicaluser-interface devices, such as a physical click wheel, a physicalkeyboard, a mouse and/or a joystick.

The device supports a variety of applications, such as one or more ofthe following: a telephone application, a video conferencingapplication, an e-mail application, an instant messaging application, ablogging application, a photo management application, a digital cameraapplication, a digital video camera application, a web browsingapplication, a digital music player application, and/or a digital videoplayer application.

The various applications that may be executed on the device may use atleast one common physical user-interface device, such as the touchscreen. One or more functions of the touch screen as well ascorresponding information displayed on the device may be adjusted and/orvaried from one application to the next and/or within a respectiveapplication. In this way, a common physical architecture (such as thetouch screen) of the device may support the variety of applications withuser interfaces that are intuitive and transparent.

The user interfaces may include one or more soft keyboard embodiments.The soft keyboard embodiments may include standard (QWERTY) and/ornon-standard configurations of symbols on the displayed icons of thekeyboard, such as those described in U.S. patent application Ser. No.11/459,606, “Keyboards For Portable Electronic Devices,” filed Jul. 24,2006, and Ser. No. 11/459,615, “Touch Screen Keyboards For PortableElectronic Devices,” filed Jul. 24, 2006, the contents of which arehereby incorporated by reference. The keyboard embodiments may include areduced number of icons (or soft keys) relative to the number of keys inexisting physical keyboards, such as that for a typewriter. This maymake it easier for users to select one or more icons in the keyboard,and thus, one or more corresponding symbols. The keyboard embodimentsmay be adaptive. For example, displayed icons may be modified inaccordance with user actions, such as selecting one or more icons and/orone or more corresponding symbols. One or more applications on theportable device may utilize common and/or different keyboardembodiments. Thus, the keyboard embodiment used may be tailored to atleast some of the applications. In some embodiments, one or morekeyboard embodiments may be tailored to a respective user. For example,one or more keyboard embodiments may be tailored to a respective userbased on a word usage history (lexicography, slang, individual usage) ofthe respective user. Some of the keyboard embodiments may be adjusted toreduce a probability of a user error when selecting one or more icons,and thus one or more symbols, when using the soft keyboard embodiments.

Attention is now directed towards embodiments of the device. FIGS. 1Aand 1B arc block diagrams illustrating portable multifunction devices100 with touch-sensitive displays 112 in accordance with someembodiments. The touch-sensitive display 112 is sometimes called a“touch screen” for convenience, and may also be known as or called atouch-sensitive display system. The device 100 may include a memory 102(which may include one or more computer readable storage mediums), amemory controller 122, one or more processing units (CPU's) 120, aperipherals interface 118, RF circuitry 108, audio circuitry 110, aspeaker 111, a microphone 113, an input/output (I/O) subsystem 106,other input or control devices 116, and an external port 124. The device100 may include one or more optical sensors 164. These components maycommunicate over one or more communication buses or signal lines 103.

It should be appreciated that the device 100 is only one example of aportable multifunction device 100, and that the device 100 may have moreor fewer components than shown, may combine two or more components, or amay have a different configuration or arrangement of the components. Thevarious components shown in FIGS. 1A and 1B may be implemented inhardware, software or a combination of hardware and software, includingone or more signal processing and/or application specific integratedcircuits.

Memory 102 may include high-speed random access memory and may alsoinclude non-volatile memory, such as one or more magnetic disk storagedevices, flash memory devices, or other non-volatile solid-state memorydevices. Access to memory 102 by other components of the device 100,such as the CPU 120 and the peripherals interface 118, may be controlledby the memory controller 122.

The peripherals interface 118 couples the input and output peripheralsof the device to the CPU 120 and memory 102. The one or more processors120 run or execute various software programs and/or sets of instructionsstored in memory 102 to perform various functions for the device 100 andto process data.

In some embodiments, the peripherals interface 118, the CPU 120, and thememory controller 122 may be implemented on a single chip, such as achip 104. In some other embodiments, they may be implemented on separatechips.

The RF (radio frequency) circuitry 108 receives and sends RF signals,also called electromagnetic signals. The RF circuitry 108 convertselectrical signals to/from electromagnetic signals and communicates withcommunications networks and other communications devices via theelectromagnetic signals. The RF circuitry 108 may include well-knowncircuitry for performing these functions, including but not limited toan antenna system, an RF transceiver, one or more amplifiers, a tuner,one or more oscillators, a digital signal processor, a CODEC chipset, asubscriber identity module (SIM) card, memory, and so forth. The RFcircuitry 108 may communicate with networks, such as the Internet, alsoreferred to as the World Wide Web (WWW), an intranet and/or a wirelessnetwork, such as a cellular telephone network, a wireless local areanetwork (LAN) and/or a metropolitan area network (MAN), and otherdevices by wireless communication. The wireless communication may useany of a plurality of communications standards, protocols andtechnologies, including but not limited to Global System for MobileCommunications (GSM), Enhanced Data GSM Environment (EDGE), high-speeddownlink packet access (HSDPA), wideband code division multiple access(W-CDMA), code division multiple access (CDMA), time division multipleaccess (TDMA), Bluetooth, Wireless Fidelity (Wi-Fi) (e.g., IEEE 802.11a,IEEE 802.11b, IEEE 802.11g and/or IEEE 802.11n), voice over InternetProtocol (VoIP), Wi-MAX, a protocol for email (e.g., Internet messageaccess protocol (IMAP) and/or post office protocol (POP)), instantmessaging (e.g., extensible messaging and presence protocol (XMPP),Session Initiation Protocol for Instant Messaging and PresenceLeveraging Extensions (SIMPLE), and/or Instant Messaging and PresenceService (IMPS)), and/or Short Message Service (SMS)), or any othersuitable communication protocol, including communication protocols notyet developed as of the filing date of this document.

The audio circuitry 110, the speaker 111, and the microphone 113 providean audio interface between a user and the device 100. The audiocircuitry 110 receives audio data from the peripherals interface 118,converts the audio data to an electrical signal, and transmits theelectrical signal to the speaker 111. The speaker 111 converts theelectrical signal to human-audible sound waves. The audio circuitry 110also receives electrical signals converted by the microphone 113 fromsound waves. The audio circuitry 110 converts the electrical signal toaudio data and transmits the audio data to the peripherals interface 118for processing. Audio data may be retrieved from and/or transmitted tomemory 102 and/or the RF circuitry 108 by the peripherals interface 118.In some embodiments, the audio circuitry 110 also includes a headsetjack (e.g. 212, FIG. 2). The headset jack provides an interface betweenthe audio circuitry 110 and removable audio input/output peripherals,such as output-only headphones or a headset with both output (e.g., aheadphone for one or both ears) and input (e.g., a microphone).

The I/O subsystem 106 couples input/output peripherals on the device100, such as the touch screen 112 and other input/control devices 116,to the peripherals interface 118. The I/O subsystem 106 may include adisplay controller 156 and one or more input controllers 160 for otherinput or control devices. The one or more input controllers 160receive/send electrical signals from/to other input or control devices116. The other input/control devices 116 may include physical buttons(e.g., push buttons, rocker buttons, etc.), dials, slider switches,joysticks, click wheels, and so forth. In some alternate embodiments,input controller(s) 160 may be coupled to any (or none) of thefollowing: a keyboard, infrared port, USB port, and a pointer devicesuch as a mouse. The one or more buttons (e.g., 208, FIG. 2) may includean up/down button for volume control of the speaker 111 and/or themicrophone 113. The one or more buttons may include a push button (e.g.,206, FIG. 2). A quick press of the push button may disengage a lock ofthe touch screen 112 or begin a process that uses gestures on the touchscreen to unlock the device, as described in U.S. patent applicationSer. No. 11/322,549, “Unlocking a Device by Performing Gestures on anUnlock Image,” filed Dec. 23, 2005, which is hereby incorporated byreference. A longer press of the push button (e.g., 206) may turn powerto the device 100 on or off. The user may be able to customize afunctionality of one or more of the buttons. The touch screen 112 isused to implement virtual or soft buttons and one or more softkeyboards.

The touch-sensitive touch screen 112 provides an input interface and anoutput interface between the device and a user. The display controller156 receives and/or sends electrical signals from/to the touch screen112. The touch screen 112 displays visual output to the user. The visualoutput may include graphics, text, icons, video, and any combinationthereof (collectively termed “graphics”). In some embodiments, some orall of the visual output may correspond to user-interface objects,further details of which are described below.

A touch screen 112 has a touch-sensitive surface, sensor or set ofsensors that accepts input from the user based on haptic and/or tactilecontact. The touch screen 112 and the display controller 156 (along withany associated modules and/or sets of instructions in memory 102) detectcontact (and any movement or breaking of the contact) on the touchscreen 112 and converts the detected contact into interaction withuser-interface objects (e.g., one or more soft keys, icons, web pages orimages) that are displayed on the touch screen. In an exemplaryembodiment, a point of contact between a touch screen 112 and the usercorresponds to a finger of the user.

The touch screen 112 may use LCD (liquid crystal display) technology, orLPD (light emitting polymer display) technology, although other displaytechnologies may be used in other embodiments. The touch screen 112 andthe display controller 156 may detect contact and any movement orbreaking thereof using any of a plurality of touch sensing technologiesnow known or later developed, including but not limited to capacitive,resistive, infrared, and surface acoustic wave technologies, as well asother proximity sensor arrays or other elements for determining one ormore points of contact with a touch screen 112.

A touch-sensitive display in some embodiments of the touch screen 112may be analogous to the multi-touch sensitive tablets described in thefollowing U.S. Pat. No. 6,323,846 (Westerman et al.), U.S. Pat. No.6,570,557 (Westerman et al.), and/or U.S. Pat. No. 6,677,932(Westerman), and/or U.S. Patent Publication 2002/0015024A1, each ofwhich is hereby incorporated by reference. However, a touch screen 112displays visual output from the portable device 100, whereas touchsensitive tablets do not provide visual output.

A touch-sensitive display in some embodiments of the touch screen 112may be as described in the following applications: (1) U.S. patentapplication Ser. No. 11/381,313, “Multipoint Touch Surface Controller,”filed May 2, 2006; (2) U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/840,862,“Multipoint Touchscreen,” filed May 6, 2004; (3) U.S. patent applicationSer. No. 10/903,964, “Gestures For Touch Sensitive Input Devices,” filedJul. 30, 2004; (4) U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/048,264,“Gestures For Touch Sensitive Input Devices,” filed Jan. 31, 2005; (5)U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/038,590, “Mode-Based Graphical UserInterfaces For Touch Sensitive Input Devices,” filed Jan. 18, 2005; (6)U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/228,758, “Virtual Input DevicePlacement On A Touch Screen User Interface,” filed Sep. 16, 2005; (7)U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/228,700, “Operation Of A ComputerWith A Touch Screen Interface,” filed Sep. 16, 2005; (8) U.S. patentapplication Ser. No. 11/228,737, “Activating Virtual Keys Of ATouch-Screen Virtual Keyboard,” filed Sep. 16, 2005; and (9) U.S. patentapplication Ser. No. 11/367,749, “Multi-Functional Hand-Held Device,”filed Mar. 3, 2006. All of these applications are incorporated byreference herein.

The touch screen 112 may have a resolution in excess of 100 dpi. In anexemplary embodiment, the touch screen has a resolution of approximately160 dpi. The user may make contact with the touch screen 112 using anysuitable object or appendage, such as a stylus, a finger, and so forth.In some embodiments, the user interface is designed to work primarilywith finger-based contacts and gestures, which are much less precisethan stylus-based input due to the larger area of contact of a finger onthe touch screen. In some embodiments, the device translates the roughfinger-based input into a precise pointer/cursor position or command forperforming the actions desired by the user.

In some embodiments, in addition to the touch screen, the device 100 mayinclude a touchpad (not shown) for activating or deactivating particularfunctions. In some embodiments, the touchpad is a touch-sensitive areaof the device that, unlike the touch screen, does not display visualoutput. The touchpad may be a touch-sensitive surface that is separatefrom the touch screen 112 or an extension of the touch-sensitive surfaceformed by the touch screen.

In some embodiments, the device 100 may include a physical or virtualclick wheel as an input control device 116. A user may navigate amongand interact with one or more graphical objects (henceforth referred toas icons) displayed in the touch screen 112 by rotating the click wheelor by moving a point of contact with the click wheel (e.g., where theamount of movement of the point of contact is measured by its angulardisplacement with respect to a center point of the click wheel). Theclick wheel may also be used to select one or more of the displayedicons. For example, the user may press down on at least a portion of theclick wheel or an associated button. User commands and navigationcommands provided by the user via the click wheel may be processed by aninput controller 160 as well as one or more of the modules and/or setsof instructions in memory 102. For a virtual click wheel, the clickwheel and click wheel controller may be part of the touch screen 112 andthe display controller 156, respectively. For a virtual click wheel, theclick wheel may be either an opaque or semitransparent object thatappears and disappears on the touch screen display in response to userinteraction with the device. In some embodiments, a virtual click wheelis displayed on the touch screen of a portable multifunction device andoperated by user contact with the touch screen.

The device 100 also includes a power system 162 for powering the variouscomponents. The power system 162 may include a power management system,one or more power sources (e.g., battery, alternating current (AC)), arecharging system, a power failure detection circuit, a power converteror inverter, a power status indicator (e.g., a light-emitting diode(LED)) and any other components associated with the generation,management and distribution of power in portable devices.

The device 100 may also include one or more optical sensors 164. FIGS.1A and 1B show an optical sensor coupled to an optical sensor controller158 in I/O subsystem 106. The optical sensor 164 may includecharge-coupled device (CCD) or complementary metal-oxide semiconductor(CMOS) phototransistors. The optical sensor 164 receives light from theenvironment, projected through one or more lens, and converts the lightto data representing an image. In conjunction with an imaging module 143(also called a camera module), the optical sensor 164 may capture stillimages or video. In some embodiments, an optical sensor is located onthe back of the device 100, opposite the touch screen display 112 on thefront of the device, so that the touch screen display may be used as aviewfinder for either still and/or video image acquisition. In someembodiments, an optical sensor is located on the front of the device sothat the user's image may be obtained for videoconferencing while theuser views the other video conference participants on the touch screendisplay. In some embodiments, the position of the optical sensor 164 canbe changed by the user (e.g., by rotating the lens and the sensor in thedevice housing) so that a single optical sensor 164 may be used alongwith the touch screen display for both video conferencing and stilland/or video image acquisition.

The device 100 may also include one or more proximity sensors 166. FIGS.1A and 1B show a proximity sensor 166 coupled to the peripheralsinterface 118. Alternately, the proximity sensor 166 may be coupled toan input controller 160 in the I/O subsystem 106. The proximity sensor166 may perform as described in U.S. patent application Ser. No.11/241,839, “Proximity Detector In Handheld Device,” filed Sep. 30,2005; Ser. No. 11/240,788, “Proximity Detector In Handheld Device,”filed Sep. 30, 2005; Serial No. to be assigned, filed Jan. 7, 2007,“Using Ambient Light Sensor To Augment Proximity Sensor Output,”attorney docket no. 04860.P4851US1; Serial No. to be assigned, filedOct. 24, 2006, “Automated Response To And Sensing Of User Activity InPortable Devices,” attorney docket #04860.P4293; and Serial No. to beassigned, filed Dec. 12, 2006, “Methods And Systems For AutomaticConfiguration Of Peripherals,” attorney docket #04860.P4634, which arehereby incorporated by reference. In some embodiments, the proximitysensor turns off and disables the touch screen 112 when themultifunction device is placed near the user's ear (e.g., when the useris making a phone call). In some embodiments, the proximity sensor keepsthe screen off when the device is in the user's pocket, purse, or otherdark area to prevent unnecessary battery drainage when the device is alocked state.

The device 100 may also include one or more accelerometers 168. FIGS. 1Aand 1B show an accelerometer 168 coupled to the peripherals interface118. Alternately, the accelerometer 168 may be coupled to an inputcontroller 160 in the I/O subsystem 106. The accelerometer 168 mayperform as described in U.S. Patent Publication No. 20050190059,“Acceleration-based Theft Detection System for Portable ElectronicDevices,” and U.S. Patent Publication No. 20060017692, “Methods AndApparatuses For Operating A Portable Device Based On An Accelerometer,”both of which are which are incorporated herein by reference. In someembodiments, information is displayed on the touch screen display in aportrait view or a landscape view based on an analysis of data receivedfrom the one or more accelerometers.

In some embodiments, the software components stored in memory 102 mayinclude an operating system 126, a communication module (or set ofinstructions) 128, a contact/motion module (or set of instructions) 130,a graphics module (or set of instructions) 132, a text input module (orset of instructions) 134, a Global Positioning System (GPS) module (orset of instructions) 135, and applications (or set of instructions) 136.

The operating system 126 (e.g., Darwin, RTXC, LINUX, UNIX, OS X,WINDOWS, or an embedded operating system such as VxWorks) includesvarious software components and/or drivers for controlling and managinggeneral system tasks (e.g., memory management, storage device control,power management, etc.) and facilitates communication between varioushardware and software components.

The communication module 128 facilitates communication with otherdevices over one or more external ports 124 and also includes varioussoftware components for handling data received by the RF circuitry 108and/or the external port 124. The external port 124 (e.g., UniversalSerial Bus (USB), FIREWIRE, etc.) is adapted for coupling directly toother devices or indirectly over a network (e.g., the Internet, wirelessLAN, etc.). In some embodiments, the external port is a multi-pin (e.g.,30-pin) connector that is the same as, or similar to and/or compatiblewith the 30-pin connector used on iPod (trademark of Apple Computer,Inc.) devices.

The contact/motion module 130 may detect contact with the touch screen112 (in conjunction with the display controller 156) and other touchsensitive devices (e.g., a touchpad or physical click wheel). Thecontact/motion module 130 includes various software components forperforming various operations related to detection of contact, such asdetermining if contact has occurred, determining if there is movement ofthe contact and tracking the movement across the touch screen 112, anddetermining if the contact has been broken (i.e., if the contact hasceased). Determining movement of the point of contact may includedetermining speed (magnitude), velocity (magnitude and direction),and/or an acceleration (a change in magnitude and/or direction) of thepoint of contact. These operations may be applied to single contacts(e.g., one finger contacts) or to multiple simultaneous contacts (e.g.,“multitouch”/multiple finger contacts). In some embodiments, thecontact/motion module 130 and the display controller 156 also detectscontact on a touchpad. In some embodiments, the contact/motion module130 and the controller 160 detects contact on a click wheel.

The graphics module 132 includes various known software components forrendering and displaying graphics on the touch screen 112, includingcomponents for changing the intensity of graphics that are displayed. Asused herein, the term “graphics” includes any object that can bedisplayed to a user, including without limitation text, web pages, icons(such as user-interface objects including soft keys), digital images,videos, animations and the like.

The text input module 134, which may be a component of graphics module132, provides soft keyboards for entering text in various applications(e.g., contacts 137, e-mail 140, TM 141, blogging 142, browser 147, andany other application that needs text input).

The GPS module 135 determines the location of the device and providesthis information for use in various applications (e.g., to telephone 138for use in location-based dialing, to camera 143 and/or blogger 142 aspicture/video metadata, and to applications that provide location-basedservices such as weather widgets, local yellow page widgets, andmap/navigation widgets).

The applications 136 may include the following modules (or sets ofinstructions), or a subset or superset thereof:

-   -   a contacts module 137 (sometimes called an address book or        contact list);    -   a telephone module 138;    -   a video conferencing module 139;    -   an e-mail client module 140;    -   an instant messaging (TM) module 141;    -   a blogging module 142;    -   a camera module 143 for still and/or video images;    -   an image management module 144;    -   a video player module 145;    -   a music player module 146;    -   a browser module 147;    -   a calendar module 148;    -   widget modules 149, which may include weather widget 149-1,        stocks widget 149-2, calculator widget 149-3, alarm clock widget        149-4, dictionary widget 149-5, and other widgets obtained by        the user, as well as user-created widgets 149-6;    -   widget creator module 150 for making user-created widgets 149-6;    -   search module 151;    -   video and music player module 152, which merges video player        module 145 and music player module 146;    -   notes module 153; and/or    -   map module 154.

Examples of other applications 136 that may be stored in memory 102include other word processing applications, JAVA-enabled applications,encryption, digital rights management, voice recognition, and voicereplication.

In conjunction with touch screen 112, display controller 156, contactmodule 130, graphics module 132, and text input module 134, the contactsmodule 137 may be used to manage an address book or contact list,including: adding name(s) to the address book; deleting name(s) from theaddress book; associating telephone number(s), e-mail address(es),physical address(es) or other information with a name; associating animage with a name; categorizing and sorting names; providing telephonenumbers or e-mail addresses to initiate and/or facilitate communicationsby telephone 138, video conference 139, e-mail 140, or IM 141; and soforth.

In conjunction with RF circuitry 108, audio circuitry 110, speaker 111,microphone 113, touch screen 112, display controller 156, contact module130, graphics module 132, and text input module 134, the telephonemodule 138 may be used to enter a sequence of characters correspondingto a telephone number, access one or more telephone numbers in theaddress book 137, modify a telephone number that has been entered, diala respective telephone number, conduct a conversation and disconnect orhang up when the conversation is completed. As noted above, the wirelesscommunication may use any of a plurality of communications standards,protocols and technologies.

In conjunction with RF circuitry 108, audio circuitry 110, speaker 111,microphone 113, touch screen 112, display controller 156, optical sensor164, optical sensor controller 158, contact module 130, graphics module132, text input module 134, contact list 137, and telephone module 138,the videoconferencing module 139 may be used to initiate, conduct, andterminate a video conference between a user and one or more otherparticipants.

In conjunction with RF circuitry 108, touch screen 112, displaycontroller 156, contact module 130, graphics module 132, and text inputmodule 134, the e-mail client module 140 may be used to create, send,receive, and manage e-mail. In conjunction with image management module144, the e-mail module 140 makes it very easy to create and send e-mailswith still or video images taken with camera module 143.

In conjunction with RF circuitry 108, touch screen 112, displaycontroller 156, contact module 130, graphics module 132, and text inputmodule 134, the instant messaging module 141 may be used to enter asequence of characters corresponding to an instant message, to modifypreviously entered characters, to transmit a respective instant message(for example, using a Short Message Service (SMS) or Multimedia MessageService (MMS) protocol for telephony-based instant messages or usingXMPP, SIMPLE, or IMPS for Internet-based instant messages), to receiveinstant messages and to view received instant messages. In someembodiments, transmitted and/or received instant messages may includegraphics, photos, audio files, video files and/or other attachments asare supported in a MMS and/or an Enhanced Messaging Service (EMS). Asused herein, “instant messaging” refers to both telephony-based messages(e.g., messages sent using SMS or MMS) and Internet-based messages(e.g., messages sent using XMPP, SIMPLE, or IMPS).

In conjunction with RF circuitry 108, touch screen 112, displaycontroller 156, contact module 130, graphics module 132, text inputmodule 134, image management module 144, and browsing module 147, theblogging module 142 may be used to send text, still images, video,and/or other graphics to a blog (e.g., the user's blog).

In conjunction with touch screen 112, display controller 156, opticalsensor(s) 164, optical sensor controller 158, contact module 130,graphics module 132, and image management module 144, the camera module143 may be used to capture still images or video (including a videostream) and store them into memory 102, modify characteristics of astill image or video, or delete a still image or video from memory 102.

In conjunction with touch screen 112, display controller 156, contactmodule 130, graphics module 132, text input module 134, and cameramodule 143, the image management module 144 may be used to arrange,modify or otherwise manipulate, label, delete, present (e.g., in adigital slide show or album), and store still and/or video images.

In conjunction with touch screen 112, display controller 156, contactmodule 130, graphics module 132, audio circuitry 110, and speaker 111,the video player module 145 may be used to display, present or otherwiseplay back videos (e.g., on the touch screen or on an external, connecteddisplay via external port 124).

In conjunction with touch screen 112, display system controller 156,contact module 130, graphics module 132, audio circuitry 110, speaker111, RF circuitry 108, and browser module 147, the music player module146 allows the user to download and play back recorded music and othersound files stored in one or more file formats, such as MP3 or AACfiles. In some embodiments, the device 100 may include the functionalityof an MP3 player, such as an iPod (trademark of Apple Computer, Inc.).

In conjunction with RF circuitry 108, touch screen 112, display systemcontroller 156, contact module 130, graphics module 132, and text inputmodule 134, the browser module 147 may be used to browse the Internet,including searching, linking to, receiving, and displaying web pages orportions thereof, as well as attachments and other files linked to webpages.

In conjunction with RF circuitry 108, touch screen 112, display systemcontroller 156, contact module 130, graphics module 132, text inputmodule 134, e-mail module 140, and browser module 147, the calendarmodule 148 may be used to create, display, modify, and store calendarsand data associated with calendars (e.g., calendar entries, to do lists,etc.).

In conjunction with RF circuitry 108, touch screen 112, display systemcontroller 156, contact module 130, graphics module 132, text inputmodule 134, and browser module 147, the widget modules 149 aremini-applications that may be downloaded and used by a user (e.g.,weather widget 149-1, stocks widget 149-2, calculator widget 149-3,alarm clock widget 149-4, and dictionary widget 149-5) or created by theuser (e.g., user-created widget 149-6). In some embodiments, a widgetincludes an HTML (Hypertext Markup Language) file, a CSS (CascadingStyle Sheets) file, and a JavaScript file. In some embodiments, a widgetincludes an XML (Extensible Markup Language) file and a JavaScript file(e.g., Yahoo! Widgets).

In conjunction with RF circuitry 108, touch screen 112, display systemcontroller 156, contact module 130, graphics module 132, text inputmodule 134, and browser module 147, the widget creator module 150 may beused by a user to create widgets (e.g., turning a user-specified portionof a web page into a widget).

In conjunction with touch screen 112, display system controller 156,contact module 130, graphics module 132, and text input module 134, thesearch module 151 may be used to search for text, music, sound, image,video, and/or other files in memory 102 that match one or more searchcriteria (e.g., one or more user-specified search terms).

In conjunction with touch screen 112, display controller 156, contactmodule 130, graphics module 132, and text input module 134, the notesmodule 153 may be used to create and manage notes, to do lists, and thelike.

In conjunction with RF circuitry 108, touch screen 112, display systemcontroller 156, contact module 130, graphics module 132, text inputmodule 134, GPS module 135, and browser module 147, the map module 154may be used to receive, display, modify, and store maps and dataassociated with maps (e.g., driving directions; data on stores and otherpoints of interest at or near a particular location; and otherlocation-based data).

Each of the above identified modules and applications correspond to aset of instructions for performing one or more functions describedabove. These modules (i.e., sets of instructions) need not beimplemented as separate software programs, procedures or modules, andthus various subsets of these modules may be combined or otherwisere-arranged in various embodiments. For example, video player module 145may be combined with music player module 146 into a single module (e.g.,video and music player module 152, FIG. 1B). In some embodiments, memory102 may store a subset of the modules and data structures identifiedabove. Furthermore, memory 102 may store additional modules and datastructures not described above.

In some embodiments, the device 100 is a device where operation of apredefined set of functions on the device is performed exclusivelythrough a touch screen 112 and/or a touchpad. By using a touch screenand/or a touchpad as the primary input/control device for operation ofthe device 100, the number of physical input/control devices (such aspush buttons, dials, and the like) on the device 100 may be reduced.

The predefined set of functions that may be performed exclusivelythrough a touch screen and/or a touchpad include navigation between userinterfaces. In some embodiments, the touchpad, when touched by the user,navigates the device 100 to a main, home, or root menu from any userinterface that may be displayed on the device 100. In such embodiments,the touchpad may be referred to as a “menu button.” In some otherembodiments, the menu button may be a physical push button or otherphysical input/control device instead of a touchpad.

FIG. 2 illustrates a portable multifunction device 100 having a touchscreen 112 in accordance with some embodiments. The touch screen maydisplay one or more graphics within user interface (UI) 200. In thisembodiment, as well as others described below, a user may select one ormore of the graphics by making contact or touching the graphics, forexample, with one or more fingers 202 (not drawn to scale in thefigure). In some embodiments, selection of one or more graphics occurswhen the user breaks contact with the one or more graphics. In someembodiments, the contact may include a gesture, such as one or moretaps, one or more swipes (from left to right, right to left, upwardand/or downward) and/or a rolling of a finger (from right to left, leftto right, upward and/or downward) that has made contact with the device100. In some embodiments, inadvertent contact with a graphic may notselect the graphic. For example, a swipe gesture that sweeps over anapplication icon may not select the corresponding application when thegesture corresponding to selection is a tap.

The device 100 may also include one or more physical buttons, such as“home” or menu button 204. As described previously, the menu button 204may be used to navigate to any application 136 in a set of applicationsthat may be executed on the device 100. Alternatively, in someembodiments, the menu button is implemented as a soft key in a GUI intouch screen 112.

In one embodiment, the device 100 includes a touch screen 112, a menubutton 204, a push button 206 for powering the device on/off and lockingthe device, volume adjustment button(s) 208, a Subscriber IdentityModule (SIM) card slot 210, a head set jack 212, and a docking/chargingexternal port 124. The push button 206 may be used to turn the poweron/off on the device by depressing the button and holding the button inthe depressed state for a predefined time interval; to lock the deviceby depressing the button and releasing the button before the predefinedtime interval has elapsed; and/or to unlock the device or initiate anunlock process. In an alternative embodiment, the device 100 also mayaccept verbal input for activation or deactivation of some functionsthrough the microphone 113.

Attention is now directed towards embodiments of user interfaces (“UI”)and associated processes that may be implemented on a portablemultifunction device 100.

FIG. 3 illustrates an exemplary user interface for unlocking a portableelectronic device in accordance with some embodiments. In someembodiments, user interface 300 includes the following elements, or asubset or superset thereof:

-   -   Unlock image 302 that is moved with a finger gesture to unlock        the device;    -   Arrow 304 that provides a visual cue to the unlock gesture;    -   Channel 306 that provides additional cues to the unlock gesture;    -   Time 308;    -   Day 310;    -   Date 312; and    -   Wallpaper image 314.

In some embodiments, the device detects contact with the touch-sensitivedisplay (e.g., a user's finger making contact on or near the unlockimage 302) while the device is in a user-interface lock state. Thedevice moves the unlock image 302 in accordance with the contact. Thedevice transitions to a user-interface unlock state if the detectedcontact corresponds to a predefined gesture, such as moving the unlockimage across channel 306. Conversely, the device maintains theuser-interface lock state if the detected contact does not correspond tothe predefined gesture. As noted above, processes that use gestures onthe touch screen to unlock the device are described in U.S. patentapplication Ser. No. 11/322,549, “Unlocking A Device By PerformingGestures On An Unlock Image,” filed Dec. 23, 2005, and Ser. No.11/322,550, “Indication Of Progress Towards Satisfaction Of A User InputCondition,” filed Dec. 23, 2005, which are hereby incorporated byreference.

FIGS. 4A and 4B illustrate exemplary user interfaces for a menu ofapplications on a portable multifunction device in accordance with someembodiments. In some embodiments, user interface 400A includes thefollowing elements, or a subset or superset thereof:

-   -   Signal strength indicator(s) 402 for wireless communication(s),        such as cellular and Wi-Fi signals;    -   Time 404;    -   Battery status indicator 406;    -   Tray 408 with icons for frequently used applications, such as:        -   Phone 138, which may include an indicator 414 of the number            of missed calls or voicemail messages;        -   E-mail client 140, which may include an indicator 410 of the            number of unread e-mails;        -   Browser 147; and        -   Music player 146; and    -   Icons for other applications, such as:        -   IM 141;        -   Image management 144;        -   Camera 143;        -   Video player 145;        -   Weather 149-1;        -   Stocks 149-2;        -   Blog 142;        -   Calendar 148;        -   Calculator 149-3;        -   Alarm clock 149-4;        -   Dictionary 149-5; and        -   User-created widget 149-6.

In some embodiments, user interface 400B includes the followingelements, or a subset or superset thereof:

-   -   402, 404, 406, 141, 148, 144, 143, 149-3, 149-2, 149-1, 149-4,        410, 414, 138, 140, and 147, as described above;    -   Map 154;    -   Notes 153;    -   Settings 412, which provides access to settings for the device        100 and its various applications 136; and    -   Video and music player module 152, also referred to as iPod        (trademark of Apple Computer, Inc.) module 152.

In some embodiments, UI 400A or 400B displays all of the availableapplications 136 on one screen so that there is no need to scrollthrough a list of applications (e.g., via a scroll bar). In someembodiments, as the number of applications increase, the iconscorresponding to the applications may decrease in size so that allapplications may be displayed on a single screen without scrolling. Insome embodiments, having all applications on one screen and a menubutton enables a user to access any desired application with at most twoinputs, such as activating the menu button 204 and then activating thedesired application (e.g., by a tap or other finger gesture on the iconcorresponding to the application).

In some embodiments, UI 400A or 400B provides integrated access to bothwidget-based applications and non-widget-based applications. In someembodiments, all of the widgets, whether user-created or not, aredisplayed in UI 400A or 400B. In other embodiments, activating the iconfor user-created widget 149-6 may lead to another UI that contains theuser-created widgets or icons corresponding to the user-created widgets.

In some embodiments, a user may rearrange the icons in UI 400A or 400B,e.g., using processes described in U.S. patent application Ser. No.11/459,602, “Portable Electronic Device with Interface ReconfigurationMode,” filed Jul. 24, 2006, which is hereby incorporated by reference.For example, a user may move application icons in and out of tray 408using finger gestures.

In some embodiments, UI 400A or 400B includes a gauge (not shown) thatdisplays an updated account usage metric for an account associated withusage of the device (e.g., a cellular phone account), as described inU.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/322,552, “Account InformationDisplay For Portable Communication Device,” filed Dec. 23, 2005, whichis hereby incorporated by reference.

FIGS. 5A-5E illustrate an exemplary user interface for displaying andmanaging weather widgets in accordance with some embodiments. Theweather widgets 149-1 are an example of widgets with a single, sharedsettings/configuration page that provides settings for multiple widgetsfor display. One of ordinary skill in the art would understand how toapply the teachings herein to other groups of widgets besides weatherwidgets.

In some embodiments, weather widgets 149-1 display the weather forparticular locations (e.g., Santa Cruz, Calif. in UI 2400A, FIG. 5A orCupertino, Calif. in UI 2400E, FIG. 5E). In response to the useractivating settings icon 2402 (e.g., by a finger tap on the icon), thesettings UI for the weather widgets is displayed (e.g., UI 2400B, FIG.5B). In some embodiments, the user can select the particular locationfor display with a gesture (e.g., by touching the particular location ina list 2412 of locations, which may highlight the selected location). Insome embodiments, the settings in FIG. 5B are incorporated into settings412 (FIG. 4B) and settings icon 2402 need not be displayed in theweather widget (e.g., FIG. 5A).

In some embodiments, in response to the user's finger contacting 2404(FIG. 5B) a text entry box, a keyboard (e.g., 616) is displayed (UI2400C, FIG. 5C). In some embodiments, a word suggestion area 622 is alsodisplayed. In response to the user entering the new location andactivating the add location icon 2406, the new location is added to thelist of locations.

In some embodiments, the highlighted location in the list of locationsis removed if the user activates the remove icon 2408 (e.g., by a fingertap on the icon). In some embodiments, if a user activates a firstdelete icon (e.g., by tapping it with a finger), the icon may rotate 90degrees (e.g., 2420, FIG. 5D) or otherwise change its appearance and/ora second icon may appear (e.g., delete icon 2422, FIG. 5D). If the useractivates the second icon, the corresponding location is deleted. Insome embodiments, in response to the user activating the done icon 2410,the device displays the weather for the selected location (e.g., UI2400A, FIG. 5A).

In some embodiments, for each location in the list of locations, acorresponding icon 2414 (called a “widget set indicia icon”) is added tothe UT that displays the weather for a particular location (e.g., UI2400A). For example, because there are four locations in the settings UI2400B, four icons 2414 are displayed in UI 2400A, FIG. 5A. In someembodiments, the icon 2414 that corresponds to the location whoseweather is being displayed may be highlighted to distinguish it from theother icons. For example, Santa Cruz, the third of four locations set bythe user, is highlighted in UI 2400B and the weather for Santa Cruz isdisplayed in UI 2400A. Thus, the third of four icons 2414 (i.e., 2414-3)is highlighted in UI 2400A. The icons 2414 let a user know at a glancehow many locations are listed in the settings menu 2400B and whichlocation in the list is displayed.

In some embodiments, the user can initiate viewing of the previouslocation in the list (e.g., Cupertino, Calif.) by making a swipe gesture2416 from left to right on the touch screen. In some embodiments, theuser can initiate viewing of the next location in the list (e.g., NewYork, N.Y.) by making a swipe gesture 2416 from right to left on thetouch screen. For this example, if the weather for Cupertino, Calif. isdisplayed, then icon 2414-2 is highlighted (FIG. 5E). Similarly, if theweather for New York, N.Y. is displayed, then icon 2414-4 ishighlighted. In some embodiments, substantially vertical swipe gestures,rather than substantially horizontal swipe gestures, are used toinitiate viewing of previous or next locations in the list. In someembodiments, substantially vertical swipe gestures are used to scroll upor down through a list of locations.

FIG. 6 is a flow diagram illustrating a process for displaying widgetsin accordance with some embodiments.

In some embodiments, a portable multifunction device displays (601) awidget (e.g., Santa Cruz weather widget, FIG. 5A) on a touch screendisplay. The displayed widget is one of a set of widgets that share acommon configuration interface (e.g., FIG. 5B). In some embodiments,widgets in the set of widgets are displayed one at a time (e.g., FIG. 5Aand FIG. 5E).

One or more widget set indicia icons (e.g., icons 2414, FIG. 5A) aredisplayed (602). The widget set indicia icons provide information aboutthe number of widgets in the set of widgets and a position of thedisplayed widget in the set of widgets. In some embodiments, the one ormore widget set indicia icons are displayed concurrently with thedisplayed widget (e.g., FIG. 5A).

A finger gesture is detected (603) on the touch screen display. In someembodiments, the finger gesture is a swipe gesture (e.g., swipe 2416,FIG. 5A).

In response to the finger gesture, the displayed widget (e.g., SantaCruz weather widget, FIG. 5A) is replaced (604) with another widget(e.g., Cupertino weather widget, FIG. 5E) in the set of widgets, andinformation provided by the widget set indicia icons is updated (605) toreflect the replacement of the displayed widget by another widget in theset of widgets. In some embodiments, the set of widgets form a sequenceand the displayed widget is replaced by an adjacent widget in thesequence of widgets.

In some embodiments, the finger gesture is a substantially horizontalswipe gesture. In some embodiments, in response to a left-to-right swipegesture, the portable device animatedly moves the currently displayedwidget off of the screen at its right border and moves another widgetonto the touch screen from its left border. Similarly, in someembodiments, in response to a right-to-left swipe gesture, the portabledevice animatedly moves the currently displayed widget out of the screenthrough its left border and moves another widget into the touch screenfrom its right border.

A graphical user interface on a portable communications device with atouch screen display comprises a set of widgets that share a commonconfiguration interface, and one or more widget set indicia icons (e.g.,2414). At most one widget in the set of widgets is shown on the touchscreen at any one time (e.g., Santa Cruz weather widget, FIG. 5A). Thewidget set indicia icons provide information about the number of widgetsin the set of widgets and a position of the displayed widget in the setof widgets. In response to detecting a finger gesture (e.g., 2416) onthe touch screen display, a displayed widget is replaced with anotherwidget in the set of widgets, and the information provided by the widgetset indicia icons is updated to reflect the replacement of the displayedwidget by another widget in the set of widgets.

FIG. 7 is a flow diagram illustrating a process for configuring anddisplaying widgets in accordance with some embodiments.

In some embodiments, a portable multifunction device (e.g., device 100)displays (701) a first widget on a touch screen display (e.g., SantaCruz weather widget, FIG. 5A).

A first gesture is detected (702) on the touch screen on a settings icon(e.g., 2402, FIG. 5A) on the first widget. In some embodiments, thefirst gesture is a tap gesture by a finger of the user.

In response to the first gesture, settings are displayed (703) that areadjustable by a user for a plurality of widgets, including settings forthe first widget (e.g., FIG. 5B). In some embodiments, in response tothe first gesture, an animated transition from the first widget to thesettings for the plurality of widgets is displayed. In some embodiments,the plurality of widgets provide weather information for a correspondingplurality of locations.

One or more additional gestures to change one or more settings for oneor more widgets in the plurality of widgets are detected (704).

In response to the one or more additional gestures, one or more settingsfor one or more widgets in the plurality of widgets are changed (705),including changing one or more settings for a respective widget in theplurality of widgets other than the first widget. For example, a widgetmay be selected for display upon finishing with changes to the settings;widgets may be added or deleted; and/or information to be displayed bythe widget may be changed (e.g., showing temperatures in Fahrenheit orCelsius).

A widget selection gesture and a finishing gesture are detected (706) onthe touch screen display. In some embodiments, the finishing gesture isa tap gesture on a finish icon (e.g., icon 2410, FIG. 5B). In someembodiments, the finish icon is a “done” icon, an “okay” icon, or a“save” icon. In some embodiments, the widget selection gesture and thefinishing gesture arc a single combined gesture. In some embodiments,the single combined gesture is a double tap gesture.

In response to the widget selection gesture and the finishing gesture, asecond widget in the plurality of widgets other than the first widget isdisplayed (707) (e.g., Cupertino weather widget, FIG. 5E).

A graphical user interface on a portable multifunction device with atouch screen display comprises a plurality of widgets, wherein at mostone widget is shown on the touch screen at any one time, and settingsfor the plurality of widgets. In response to a first gesture on asettings icon on a first widget in the plurality of widgets, settingsthat are adjustable by a user for the plurality of widgets aredisplayed, including settings for the first widget. In response to oneor more additional gestures, one or more settings for one or morewidgets in the plurality of widgets, including one or more settings fora respective widget in the plurality of widgets other than the firstwidget, are changed. In response to a widget selection gesture and afinishing gesture, the changed settings are saved and a second widget inthe plurality of widgets other than the first widget is displayed.

In some embodiments, for weather and other applications with alocation-based component, the device may automatically provide currentlocation information (e.g., determined by GPS module 135) to theapplication. Thus, in some embodiments, the weather widget may providethe weather information for the current location of the device, withoutthe user having to explicitly input the name or zip code of the currentlocation. Similarly, current location information may be automaticallyprovided to widgets and other applications for finding and/orinteracting with stores, restaurants, maps, and the like near thecurrent location of the device.

The foregoing description, for purpose of explanation, has beendescribed with reference to specific embodiments. However, theillustrative discussions above are not intended to be exhaustive or tolimit the invention to the precise forms disclosed. Many modificationsand variations are possible in view of the above teachings. Theembodiments were chosen and described in order to best explain theprinciples of the invention and its practical applications, to therebyenable others skilled in the art to best utilize the invention andvarious embodiments with various modifications as are suited to theparticular use contemplated.

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 2. A method, comprising: at a portable multifunctiondevice with a touch-sensitive display: displaying a widget on thetouch-sensitive display, wherein the displayed widget is one of asequence of widgets, wherein the displayed widget includes a settingsicon; detecting a first gesture on the touch-sensitive displaycorresponding to the settings icon; in response to detecting the firstgesture on the touch-sensitive display corresponding to the settingsicon, displaying a common configuration interface, wherein the commonconfiguration interface includes shared settings for a plurality ofwidgets in the sequence of widgets; while displaying the commonconfiguration interface, detecting a second gesture; in response todetecting the second gesture, changing a setting for the plurality ofwidgets in the sequence of widgets, wherein the setting is a sharedsetting among the plurality of widgets; while displaying the commonconfiguration interface, detecting a third gesture corresponding toselection of a first widget in the sequence of widgets; in response todetecting the third gesture, displaying the first widget; detecting afinger swipe gesture moving on the touch-sensitive display in a firsthorizontal direction; and in response to detecting the finger swipegesture moving on the touch-sensitive display in the first horizontaldirection, replacing the displayed widget with an adjacent widget in thesequence of widgets, wherein the displayed widget moves in the firsthorizontal direction off of the display at one border, and the adjacentwidget moves in the first horizontal direction onto the display fromanother border.
 3. The method of claim 2, wherein widgets in thesequence of widgets are displayed one at a time.
 4. The method of claim2, wherein the finger swipe gesture moving on the touch-sensitivedisplay in the first horizontal direction is at a location on thedisplayed widget.
 5. The method of claim 2, further comprising: whiledisplaying the adjacent widget, detecting a fourth gesture; and inresponse to detecting the fourth gesture, displaying the commonconfiguration interface.
 6. The method of claim 5, further comprising:while displaying the common configuration interface, detecting a fifthgesture; and in response to detecting the fifth gesture, changing asetting for two or more widgets in the sequence of widgets.
 7. Themethod of claim 5, further comprising: while displaying the commonconfiguration interface, detecting a sixth gesture; and in response todetecting the sixth gesture: in accordance with a determination that thesixth gesture corresponds to an add affordance, displaying an interfaceto add a new widget to the sequence of widgets; and in accordance with adetermination that the sixth gesture corresponds to a delete affordance,deleting an existing widget from the sequence of widgets.
 8. A portablemultifunction device, comprising: a touch-sensitive display; one or moreprocessors; memory; and one or more programs, wherein the one or moreprograms are stored in the memory and configured to be executed by theone or more processors, the one or more programs including instructionsfor: displaying a widget on the touch-sensitive display, wherein thedisplayed widget is one of a sequence of widgets, wherein the displayedwidget includes a settings icon; detecting a first gesture on thetouch-sensitive display corresponding to the settings icon; in responseto detecting the first gesture on the touch-sensitive displaycorresponding to the settings icon, displaying a common configurationinterface, wherein the common configuration interface includes sharedsettings for a plurality of widgets in the sequence of widgets; whiledisplaying the common configuration interface, detecting a secondgesture; in response to detecting the second gesture, changing a settingfor the plurality of widgets in the sequence of widgets, wherein thesetting is a shared setting among the plurality of widgets; whiledisplaying the common configuration interface, detecting a third gesturecorresponding to selection of a first widget in the sequence of widgets;in response to detecting the third gesture, displaying the first widget;detecting a finger swipe gesture moving on the touch-sensitive displayin a first horizontal direction; and in response to detecting the fingerswipe gesture moving on the touch-sensitive display in the firsthorizontal direction, replacing the displayed widget with an adjacentwidget in the sequence of widgets, wherein the displayed widget moves inthe first horizontal direction off of the display at one border, and theadjacent widget moves in the first horizontal direction onto the displayfrom another border.
 9. The device of claim 8, wherein widgets in thesequence of widgets are displayed one at a time.
 10. The device of claim8, wherein the finger swipe gesture moving on the touch-sensitivedisplay in the first horizontal direction is at a location on thedisplayed widget.
 11. The device of claim 8, the one or more programsfurther including instructions for: while displaying the adjacentwidget, detecting a fourth gesture; and in response to detecting thefourth gesture, displaying the common configuration interface.
 12. Thedevice of claim 11, the one or more programs further includinginstructions for: while displaying the common configuration interface,detecting a fifth gesture; and in response to detecting the fifthgesture, changing a setting for two or more widgets in the sequence ofwidgets.
 13. The device of claim 11, the one or more programs furtherincluding instructions for: while displaying the common configurationinterface, detecting a sixth gesture; and in response to detecting thesixth gesture: in accordance with a determination that the sixth gesturecorresponds to an add affordance, displaying an interface to add a newwidget to the sequence of widgets; and in accordance with adetermination that the sixth gesture corresponds to a delete affordance,deleting an existing widget from the sequence of widgets.
 14. Anon-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing one or moreprograms configured to be executed by one or more processors of anelectronic device with a touch-sensitive display, the one or moreprograms including instructions for: displaying a widget on thetouch-sensitive display, wherein the displayed widget is one of asequence of widgets, wherein the displayed widget includes a settingsicon; detecting a first gesture on the touch-sensitive displaycorresponding to the settings icon; in response to detecting the firstgesture on the touch-sensitive display corresponding to the settingsicon, displaying a common configuration interface, wherein the commonconfiguration interface includes shared settings for a plurality ofwidgets in the sequence of widgets; while displaying the commonconfiguration interface, detecting a second gesture; in response todetecting the second gesture, changing a setting for the plurality ofwidgets in the sequence of widgets, wherein the setting is a sharedsetting among the plurality of widgets; while displaying the commonconfiguration interface, detecting a third gesture corresponding toselection of a first widget in the sequence of widgets; in response todetecting the third gesture, displaying the first widget; detecting afinger swipe gesture moving on the touch-sensitive display in a firsthorizontal direction; and in response to detecting the finger swipegesture moving on the touch-sensitive display in the first horizontaldirection, replacing the displayed widget with an adjacent widget in thesequence of widgets, wherein the displayed widget moves in the firsthorizontal direction off of the display at one border, and the adjacentwidget moves in the first horizontal direction onto the display fromanother border.
 15. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 14,wherein widgets in the sequence of widgets are displayed one at a time.16. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 14, wherein the fingerswipe gesture moving on the touch-sensitive display in the firsthorizontal direction is at a location on the displayed widget.
 17. Thecomputer-readable storage medium of claim 14, the one or more programsfurther including instructions for: while displaying the adjacentwidget, detecting a fourth gesture; and in response to detecting thefourth gesture, displaying the common configuration interface.
 18. Thecomputer-readable storage medium of claim 17, the one or more programsfurther including instructions for: while displaying the commonconfiguration interface, detecting a fifth gesture; and in response todetecting the fifth gesture, changing a setting for two or more widgetsin the sequence of widgets.
 19. The computer-readable storage medium ofclaim 17, the one or more programs further including instructions for:while displaying the common configuration interface, detecting a sixthgesture; and in response to detecting the sixth gesture: in accordancewith a determination that the sixth gesture corresponds to an addaffordance, displaying an interface to add a new widget to the sequenceof widgets; and in accordance with a determination that the sixthgesture corresponds to a delete affordance, deleting an existing widgetfrom the sequence of widgets.